According to his captain's log in 1942, Hardegen had taken his U-boat into the mouth of the St. Johns River on April 9 for a good look at the naval base at Mayport.

Event remembers fatal U-boat attack off ... The occasion at the SeaWalk Pavilion marked the 76th anniversary of the night a German U-boat attacked the oil tanker SS Gulfamerica so close to ...

U-boat attack, act of kindness marked the start of a maritime slaughter. ... 34, instantly ordered a crash dive and the 251-foot-long U-507 quickly slipped beneath the placid Gulf waters.

Germany's U-505 submarine was the 1st warship captured by the US Navy in over a century and top secret during World War II.

Ray Downs, survivor of the U-Boat attack on Heredia in 1942. Now a brokerage manager at Capital Analysts of New England. More. The Boston Globe: The True Story Of A Family Caught In A WWII U-Boat ...